Fibenol
EMEA
Tallinn
,
Estonia
Established
FOUNDED
2018
HEADCOUNT
21-100
FUNDING
Subsidiary
Keywords:
lignocellulose
BUSINESS
Fibenol is an Estonian biomass fractionation company spun out of Graanul Invest Group, headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, 100% private equity-funded. Produces sugars, high-purity lignin, and microcrystalline cellulose from hardwood residues using biorefinery technology. The company operates a demo plant in Imavere, Estonia (~€70M total investment, including ~€20M EU Horizon 2020 funding) reportedly capable of producing 6,500 tonnes/year of lignin and 20,000 tonnes/year of wood sugars.
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Core biorefinery processes for wood biomass valorization into bio-based materials. patented Sunburst pretreatment technology converts >90% of woody biomass (sawdust, woodchips, low-quality stem wood) into three product streams: LIGNOVA lignin, C5 sugars (xylose), and C6 sugars (glucose)/microcrystalline cellulose
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
biomass fractionation; hydrolysis
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
Sugars, hydrolysis lignin, microcrystalline cellulose